Because he was doing the job too well, Sir David was sacked from his position as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, as was his predecessor Judge Sir Steven Tumin. Sir Steven wrote of people sent to prison by ‘Some slimy judge or magistrate’.

PS: Sir Steven was being too hard on malpractice by prison staff. So, they appointed Sir David, thinking that as an army general he would be tough on complaining prisoners. In fact, he turned out to be as hard on prison malpractice as Sir Stephen. Hence the sacking of each them. My big disappointment with Sir David was that, having exposed criminal malpractice by prison staff, he did nothing to bring about prosecutions. NS.

JUDGEGATE is the exposure of the judges who act in the name of the Court of Protection, without being on the list of 95 approved judges. Len exposes six names and knows of another one in another ‘case’.